Community
Service to the community is an important mission we strive to fulfill. Our school seeks to have both a global scientific impact and an engaged and relevant local impact on technology-related industries in Miami and South Florida. Whether we are providing advanced workshops for teachers, demonstrating the state-of-the-art technology at an event, or providing at-risk students with opportunities to learn about technology, our faculty, staff, and students are committed to sharing our knowledge and talents for the betterment of society
FIU Coding Clubs Showcase
The FIU Coding Clubs Showcase is a family event in which the club members present to the community games and projects they have coded using Scratch. The more advanced students present educational slides on the fundamentals of coding and discuss achievements by...
VR Club – Make a Virtual Reality Game in Unreal Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5QF8J-vGAs Learn how to create experiences for Virtual Reality in a Beginner Workshop. We’ll walk you through the steps, from beginning to end, on how to: Install Unreal Engine on your laptop Set up the VR Development Kit available on...
Super Smash Bros Gaming Tournament
The tournament brought together over a hundred students from around campus to compete, have fun, and start relaxing for spring break! There where lots of giveaways from Nintendo, Amazon, Discord, Pepsi, and Monster. Prizes for the tournament and contest included...
FIU take HackFSU
Hack FSU is a Hackathon hosted by Florida State University in conjunction with FAMU. Celebrating their 5th year hosting a hackathon, FSU welcomed over 400 students from all around Florida for this 36 hour event. 55 students from FIU traveled 8 hours to spend the...
Local middle/high school students learn about STEM at CEC Engineering Expo
On Friday, February 23, 2018, FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing hosted its 17th annual Engineering Expo. The event attracted over 1,500 students from Miami Dade County Public Schools and Broward County Public Schools, two local school districts. During the...
Bring Your Parent to Code Day
Bring Your Parent to Code Day is a community event where participants of the FIU Coding Clubs share their coding abilities with parents and siblings. On Saturday, February 17, 2018, the event was held at FIU SCIS Tech Station. These are some interesting numbers about...
Hacking with Amazon Alexa!
MLH LocalHost event: Hacking with Amazon Alexa is hosted by Women in Computer Science (WiCS) and the Association of Computing and Machinery (ACM). This workshop is designed for beginners interested in creating your first skill for Amazon Alexa, the voice service that...
MangoHacks: Building code for fun can lead to students landing jobs
From improving your rehab to rehabbing your nightlife – these are just some of the problems that about 550 students tried to solve at the recent MangoHacks hosted at FIU’s School of Computing & Information Sciences‘ PG6 Tech Station. Participants in FIU’s largest...
Experience Organizing MangoHacks 18′
Author: Maria-Jose Ramos | Medium On multiple occasions, MangoHacks has been described to me as the most fun hackathon they have ever been to. As an organizer, that is what we sacrifice our sleep for. That is why we spend countless hours discussing which color looks...
Global Game Jam 2018
Global Game Jam is the world's largest game creation event taking place around the world simultaneously, but at different physical locations. A weekend long 48 hour event where you experiment, create and develop games or skills. Think of it as a hackathon focused on...